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The plugin allows a group of users to be defined by trac username and !SlimTimer login providing some basic group sharing of !SlimTimer tasks.

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There are two parts to its operation: synchronisation and reporting.

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=== Synchronisation ===

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When a trac ticket enters the ''assigned'' state (i.e. it is ''accepted'' by someone), !TracSlimTimer creates a corresponding task in SlimTimer. The ID of the SlimTimer task is then recorded with the trac ticket (as a custom field).

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The operation is shown below.

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[[Image(source:tracslimtimer/0.10/docs/images/sync.jpg)]]

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More generally, synchronisation occurs when:

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* a ticket is assigned. Note that it is not just sufficient to put a name in the "assigned to" field. The assigned person also needs to ''accept'' the ticket before it enters the assigned state. Until then the ticket is in the "new" state.

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* a ticket is closed.

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* a ticket is reopened.

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* a ticket is deleted.

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* any of the following fields is changed while the ticket is in the ''assigned'' or ''reopened'' state:

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* summary,

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* keywords,

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* milestone,

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* CC

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The following synchronisation is performed:

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* When tickets are assigned or reopened a corresponding task in !SlimTimer is created if it does not already exist.

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* When a !SlimTimer task is created the !SlimTimer ID is stored in a custom field of the trac ticket.

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* When a ticket is closed in trac the corresponding task is marked as complete in !SlimTimer.

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* When a ticket is reopened in trac the corresponding task is marked as incomplete in !SlimTimer.

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* When a ticket is deleted in trac the corresponding task is marked as complete in !SlimTimer.

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* The name of the !SlimTimer task is composed of the trac ticket ID followed by the trac summary, e.g. " #40: Plan & co-ordinate 0.4 release"

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* The tags of the !SlimTimer task will include the trac milestone and keywords.

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* The coworkers of the !SlimTimer task will include all the users configured in the !TracSlimTimer module who have the "default CC/coworker" property selected and any users listed in trac's CC field.

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* The total hours recorded in !SlimTimer are stored in the trac ticket using the custom field 'totalhours' (for compatibility with the TimingAndEstimationPlugin)

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=== Reporting ===

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The second function of !TracSlimTimer is to collect all the SlimTimer data for the configured users and record it in a separate data store. This provides a backup of the SlimTimer data and allows reporting for a whole group of users.

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The operation is shown below.

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[[Image(source:tracslimtimer/0.10/docs/images/sync.jpg)]]

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Currently only MySQL is supported as a database. From MySQL the user can perform their own reporting (e.g. using Excel via MyODBC or some web-reporting tool.)

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Not all users will require this function and it is possible to operate !TracSlimTimer without a database.

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== Supported versions ==

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This plugin will currently only work with trac 0.10. This is because:

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* !ITicketChangeListener is used so it will not work with 0.9

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* Only !ClearSilver templates are provided so it will not work with Genshi.

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Some of the code has been written so that it might just work with 0.11 and Genshi if the templates were provided. For example, there is code in [source:tracslimtimerplugin/0.10/tracslimtimer/admin_ui.py admin_ui.py] to use the alternate !IAdminPageProvider vs !IAdminPageProvider templates but it is entirely untested.